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[Crossing the Bergshrund on the SE ridge of the Tour Ronde, 2 kb]No description has been contributed for this climb.

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Photo: Crossing the Bergshrund on the SE ridge of the Tour Ronde © industrialiceman
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This climb is in 57 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

Hidden - 21/Aug/12

Hidden - 08/Aug/12

Hidden - 08/Aug/12

Got about a third way up, Bill wasn't happy to continue, turned back.
Kirill - Lead dnf - 10/Jul/12 with Bill Nygaard

Finn Curry - 03/Jul/12

Bailed half way along the ridge due to poor snow condition.
AdamH - 29/Jun/12

Ski descent.
Ben Briggs - Solo - 13/May/12 with Cedric, Tom, Brendan

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - AltLd - 29/Aug/11

guy757 - 23/Aug/11

Descent.
The Bad Cough - AltLd O/S - 02/Aug/11 with John Sealey

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Aug/11

Weather closed in, we took the cable car down to Italy
efetunc - AltLd dnf - Aug/11 with Andrew Asaam

Tom Thorne - AltLd O/S - 27/Jul/11 with Neil Weymouth

georgec - AltLd - 12/Jul/11 with Alan T, Sandra K

With Andy Perkins and Trudi Smith. Cut out the ridge by going across the bergschrund and up a steep gully on the east face, descent by normal route. Would like to try the North Face, looked bloody steep though!
mattgrange - 04/Jul/11

andybrown114 - Lead - 27/Jun/11 with Clive Williams, Stu Mercer, Rob Milner

Pat-H - 2nd - 13/Aug/10

LozM - 18/Jul/10 with Mark J

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Jul/09

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 21/Jul/09

dannymoo99 - Solo - 09/Jul/09

BorisVBlade - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/09 with Neil Dowse

Neil D - AltLd rpt - Jul/09 with Boriz Korzh

Stuart Johnston - AltLd - Jul/09 with g taylor

Hidden - Lead - 23/Mar/09

JamesRoddie - 2009 with Alex Roddie

andrewb - 2009 with SteveE

Took about 2 hrs to complete the ridge to the summit, moving together as a rope of 3. Only belayed for a couple of very short sections. Some snow & ice on the ridge, and we did quite a bit in crampons (unpleasant on the rock!). The descent was an unpleasant abseil/downclimb the couloir with some dodgy fixed gear, and took over 2 hrs :( Lots of snow and loose rock. Walked to and from the ridge using trekking poles, which worked quite well.
Nick Smith - UKC - 14/Aug/08 with Andy Owen & Neil

First on route, completed in guidebook time. The descent down the couloir was loose and sugary (abseiled three pitches). A cracking route.
Only a hill - AltLd β - 19/Jul/08 with James Roddie

featuresforfeet - AltLd O/S - 19/Jul/08 with Tobias at Home

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Jul/08

robertporter - Jul/08

Neil D - AltLd O/S - Jul/08 with Jonny Phillips

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jul/08

In descent
Rob84 - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/08 with Sam Strong

In descent
Rob84 - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/07 with Tom

cat22 - AltLd O/S - Aug/07 with Rick E, Martin G

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 07/Jul/07

Hidden - Lead - 29/Jun/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Jun/07

industrialiceman - AltLd - 19/Jun/07

lots of fresh snow, snowed all morning. decideded against ridge cos couldn't see where the edge between snow and cloud. gave up on direct mixed version cos couldn't see where it went. looked at another couloir but looked crap so went home.
Tobias at Home - Solo dnf - 17/Sep/06

Nth Face well out of condition. Good ridge to follow, turn the gendarmes though or it's much harder!
KeithW - 05/Sep/06 with Nick Ferguson

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Jun/06

Ed Saint - Jul/04

Stone Muppet - 2004

wherewelf - Jul/03

A very pleasant route. Dave still recovering from altitude sickness and third degree sunburn induced by one of my grand plans going wrong resulting in him walking mapless across the Vallee Blanche in the afternoon sun after doing Tacul. Seemed foolproof at the time!
Andy Clarke - Lead - 30/Jul/02 with Dave

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/02

rlrs - AltLd dnf - Sep/00

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/99

Hidden - 2nd - Aug/88

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/76

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
CM1992, Tom Hutton, punj, ckmoffat

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Style of ascent

Soloed3 of 57 (5.3%)
Lead7 of 57 (12.3%)
Followed2 of 57 (3.5%)
Alt Leads25 of 57 (43.9%)
Unknown20 of 57 (35.1%)

'Climbed'34 of 57 (59.6%)
clean O/S13 of 57 (22.8%)
clean β1 of 57 (1.8%)
clean rpt1 of 57 (1.8%)
dnf5 of 57 (8.8%)
Unknown3 of 57 (5.3%)